Cool clocks NOT by Nelson nor Howard Miller  

I'm green with envy hearing about...
person who have actually gotten to experience much of Robert Rauschenberg's art work outside a museum.
Robert Rauschenberg is a giant. He was a consumate artist and perhaps the closest America has come to producing a towering artist, who will one day be understood as definitive of his time and great--an American equivalent of Picasso. Rauschenberg mastered every kind of plastic art of his time that he tried, just as Picasso did in his time. No, I am not trying to say he was as great and accomplished as Picasso. Rauschenberg's creative vitality lacked the longevity of a Picasso. He did not master as many styles of painting and sculpture past and present as Picasso. But one day it will be understood that Rauschenberg had virtuosic dexterity and versatility within the modern realm in which he worked. And Picasso at his best could not have emulated and topped Rauschenberg the way Picasso did so many others. Rauschenberg's work is just incomparably rich and complex and diverse. His work transcended his maleness. It transcended his gayness. It transcended his Texas-ness. It transcended his American-ness. It transcended his Modern-ness.
His work is ALL it. He was a real McCoy.

this little cube
Only worth about ten bucks.
I can't figure it out, but i really like it.

i love this new find!
its an oldie but i love it, the ship bobs up and down in the fake sea and the sky has a darkening sunset, its circa 1945.

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I had that same clock in pink bakelite in my younger years !
My personal fave now is from the 80s (I guess) and is by Philips

GLASSARTIST
YOU recall the forms,colors,texture,material,workmanship...the most important things...

Mangiarotti's Maritime Table...
Mangiarotti's Maritime Table Clock is indeed one of the great designs of the latter half of the 20th century...simplicity, functional, luxurious, timeless and very high quality.
But, what you are showing is actually really more of a knock-off (we'll call it a "re-issue" to be kind).
The original was sold under the Secticon name (model name C-1 ..3 models were designed by Mangiarotti, the C-1 being of course the best...the other two were like more common "ball" clocks).
The Secticon used a very accurate and tricky (and very expensive) Swiss made movement called a constant-force escapement (aka spring remontoire). The re-issue uses a German quartz movement.
Also, the original base was made of a special coloured phenolic plastic (like Bakelite) with solid brass accents, rather than the white porcelain base found on the re-issue.
How do I know all this pointless blather? Well, I have one of the originals of course. I snagged it here in Toronto at a very well known clock repair shop (who didn't know what it was...he just knew it was high quality, but had never seen it before). I think I payed a measly $140 or $150 for it.
Here's some pics of mine....
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Ok...so I'm going to have to...
Ok...so I'm going to have to "read up" on how to post pics around here, as this forum obviously doesn't subscribe to "normal" forum formats, where hot-linking a picture is pretty easy.
Sorry...it's my fault for not knowing how to use "this" forum properly, but crap like this sends me into spasms of frustration.

FCG
use the 'associated web link' box for http// image addresses..no need for brackets etc.
i.e :

heres the other picture
heres the other picture

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Wow IS that blue? I have one in black ...the lesser form.Strangely, I have the same Platner table in bronze as well did they ever bring back the bronze finish? What other colors did the clocks come in...

Yep...that's blue. I found t...
Yep...that's blue. I found the colour of it as fascinating as the shape. When I first saw it sitting in a case in the shop, I thought it was actually covered in blue leather or perhaps enamel...it didn't look "plastic".
I've only seen the other two clocks in black...not the C-1. Do you mean you have one of the other two models in black?
I've really only seen one other original of this model on the internet, and it was an interesting purple colour...

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The tall one in black...yes, the material quality is really special...kind of semi matt.Was the purple eggplant or vivid purple?How true are the photos of the blue.I think they were done in white as well.

I collect a number of...
I collect a number of things, but I never really thought of myself as a "clock collector". But once I thought about it, I noticed I had a few.
This one wall clock I have that I found quite odd. It's from a company called "Straus Canadian Time". It was made around 1949, and the face of the clock is one big plastic moulding, with the raised numbers painted black. The case is wood, and the pendulum is activated by a D battery located in the top of the case.

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oh I see the purple very interesting...of coures, I love blue:)

Here's a more standard, but...
Here's a more standard, but pretty "mod" clock I have, strangely enough, made by the same Strauss Canadian Time company.